creators_name: Choe, Yoonsuck
creators_id: choe
editors_name: Wunsch, Don
editors_name: Hasselmo, Michael
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2003-06-03
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:17
metadata_visibility: show
title: Processing of analogy in the thalamocortical circuit
ispublished: inpress
subjects: neuro-mod
subjects: comp-neuro-sci
subjects: neuro-physio
subjects: comp-sci-neural-nets
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: percep-cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: analogy, thalamus, integrate and fire neuron, delay, time constant, thalamic reticular nucleus
note: The previous version contained a small error (which 
does not affect the main result) in two of the
computational results, which was fixed in this version
This new version will be appearing in the conference
proceeding.
abstract:   The corticothalamic feedback and the thalamic reticular nucleus have gained
  much attention lately because of their integrative and modulatory functions.
  A previous study by the author suggested that
  this circuitry can process analogies (i.e., the {\em analogy hypothesis}).
  In this paper, the proposed model was implemented as a network of leaky
  integrate-and-fire neurons to test the {\em analogy hypothesis}.
  The previous proposal required specific delay and
  temporal dynamics, and the implemented network tuned
  accordingly functioned as predicted. Furthermore, these specific
  conditions turn out to be consistent with experimental data, suggesting
  that a further investigation of the thalamocortical circuit within the {\em
  analogical framework} may be worthwhile.

date: 2003
date_type: published
publisher: IEEE Press
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Choe, Yoonsuck  (2003) Processing of analogy in the thalamocortical circuit.  [Conference Paper]    (In Press)  
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2997/1/choe.ijcnn03.pdf